Tracked during what became a permanent break from his role in the Melvins, Mark Deutrom's The Silent Treatment has had a long and circuitous path but it's now ready to be received by what might be its widest audience yet.

This double album from the legendary troublemakers tests and teases, but it also rewards

With 19 (full) albums in their catalogue, (the) Melvins may be eligible for stalwart "elder statesmen" status, at least in their own unique genre. But it's hard to imagine "King Buzzo" and the band ever taking themselves seriously enough to play that role.

PopMatters celebrates the polymaths who have devoted their life's work to a multitude of artistic endeavours and in turn, emphatically etched their own legend in the annuals of underground metal. This is a list of the genre's most influential bands/artists in existence today. Kneel in reverence; the Gods are amongst us...